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THE WIRE
WK 5 FINAL Texans 28, Titans 38 WK 5 FINAL Vikings 28, 49ers 14 WK 5 FINAL Falcons 21, Cardinals 49 MOVE Jaye Coyne traded to Panthers MOVE Taylor Rapp signed with Panthers MOVE Percy Butler signed with Chiefs THE WIRE someone: Vikings win the turnover battle and the game THE WIRE someone: The booth on Broncos beat Ravens, 28-21
WEEK 1 · FINAL
LIONS 2-3 · 16.0 PPG 23 – 27 CHIEFS 3-1 · 36.0 PPG
THE READ
Chiefs win the turnover battle and the game

Giveaways decided this one. Chiefs 27, Lions 23. Jared Goff threw for Lions — 26/38, 313 yards, 2 TD — in a losing effort. R Mason Thomas got after the quarterback for Chiefs — 2.5 sacks. On the ground: Chiefs 162, Lions 36.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Lions -9.1 +0.7 -9.8 -1
Chiefs +5.9 -3.1 +9.0 +6
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
Chiefs — AFC #6 · 3-1 Lions — in the hunt · 2-3 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#12 Patrick Mahomes QB · Chiefs · 1.3% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Zoe Bell The contrarian
Detroit had no ground game and couldn't protect Goff long enough to use what they had—36 rushing yards and 6 sacks allowed will beat you, no matter how clean your arm looks on 313 yards.
Ava Collins Beat reporter · replying
Detroit's offense got gassed because it never had the ball on its own terms—3 turnovers and a non-existent run game forced them into 76% passing, which is exactly how you get your quarterback killed and your season derailed before it starts.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Jared Goff
Lions
26/38, 313 yards, 2 TD
R Mason Thomas
Chiefs
2.5 sacks
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Lions
12 catches, 171 yards, 1 TD
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Chiefs 162, Lions 36 Chiefs
Through the air Lions 313, Chiefs 194 Lions
Total yards Chiefs 356, Lions 349 Chiefs
Pressure Chiefs 6 sacks, Lions 3 Chiefs
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy Pass 64% · Rush 36% · 11.8 scored, 21.5 allowed
5.9 yds/att 52.1% completions 4.2 yds/carry 196.0 yds/game 1.5 giveaways/game 11.9% sack rate last 4: 1-3
Primary weapon: Amon-Ra St. Brown WR — 38% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 23 · Conservative Balance 70 Ball security 58 Back usage 30% QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 11.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 95 WR 92 TE 90 RB 88 OL 82 DL 86 LB 79 DB 88
Best: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 99 Fastest: Jahmyr Gibbs HB 98 SPD 12 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
Chiefs
Chiefs · his last 4 games
Runs it
Pass / run54% / 46% Points for / against36.2 — 27.2 Margin+9.0 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken8.8% of dropbacks Lead backKenneth Walker · 13.2/g Top targetXavier Worthy · 31% QB carries3.8 a game
roman
Lions · his last 4 games
Throws it One back One target Takes sacks
Pass / run64% / 36% Points for / against11.8 — 21.5 Margin-9.8 Giveaways a game1.5 Sacks taken11.9% of dropbacks Lead backJahmyr Gibbs · 10.0/g Top targetAmon-Ra St. Brown · 38% QB carries1.5 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES roman against Chiefs — the men, not the teams
Chiefs leads it 1-0. Chiefs won the last one.
1 meeting avg 23.0 — 27.0 biggest: 4 pts to Chiefs
S2 · week 1 roman 23 — 27 Chiefs CHIEFS
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Lions receivers vs Chiefs secondary 92 v 81 LIONS
Chiefs receivers vs Lions secondary 86 v 88 EVEN
Lions line vs Chiefs front 82 v 88 CHIEFS
Chiefs line vs Lions front 85 v 86 EVEN
Lions backs vs Chiefs run defence 88 v 86 EVEN
Chiefs backs vs Lions run defence 84 v 84 EVEN
Lions passer vs Chiefs secondary 95 v 81 LIONS
Chiefs passer vs Lions secondary 99 v 88 CHIEFS
TOP PERFORMERS
Jared Goff QB Lions 313 pass yds
Patrick Mahomes QB Chiefs 194 pass yds
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR Lions 171 rec yds
Sam LaPorta TE Lions 97 rec yds
Ryan Wlliams WR Chiefs 86 rec yds
Brashard Smith HB Chiefs 57 rush yds
Kenneth Walker HB Chiefs 54 rush yds
Rashee Rice WR Chiefs 53 rec yds
R Mason Thomas LEDG Chiefs 2.5 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
LIONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Jared Goff QB 26/3831320668110.9
CHIEFS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Patrick Mahomes QB 19/2519420330124.4
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
Lions Chiefs
349 TOTAL YARDS 356
313 PASSING YARDS 194
36 RUSHING YARDS 162
6 SACKS ALLOWED 3
3 SACKS MADE 6
3 GIVEAWAYS 1
1 TAKEAWAYS 3

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
0 LIONS — 1 CHIEFS
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